For many thousands of years, human beings have been asking themselves whether they are more frightened of being alone in the universe or of the thought that there is someone else out there. Over the past few decades, however, we have moved from imagination to action, exploring the cosmos using new techniques, often with surprising results. Numerous fascinating but little known facts have emerged - for example, that every year many rocks from Mars fall on the Earth, that one of our amino acids has been found in the coma of a comet, and that some of the known thousands of extrasolar planets are similar to our own. There are further exciting and important discoveries around the corner that will cast more light on the great enigma of how life started on Earth. In this intriguing book, one of the World's leading researchers in astrophysics and space science examines fundamental questions concerning life on Earth and the rest of the cosmos in an accessible and stimulating way.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer Verlag
ISBN-13
9788847024656
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114034455
Product Key Features
Book Title
We Are the Martians!
Author
Giovanni Bignami
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mental Exercise
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
151 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
226g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Giovanni Bignami
Country/Region of Manufacture
Italy
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